98408: If there is no Muslim graveyard or there is one but it is too expensive, where should the Muslim be buried?

The price of graves where we live is very expensive. A child died and we could not afford to buy a grave for him so that he could be buried in the Muslim graveyard, so we took him to the forest and buried him there. What is the ruling on that?.

Praise be to Allaah.

If it is not possible to bury a Muslim in the Muslim
graveyard because there is no Muslim graveyard or because it is too
expensive, there is nothing wrong with burying him in the desert or forest,
and levelling the ground so that it will not be dug up.

The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was
asked: What is the ruling if a Muslim dies in France and it is not possible
to transport him to an Arab land, and there is no graveyard just for the
Muslims in the town where he died. Can he be buried in the Christian
graveyard or what? Similarly, there is no place there for washing the
deceased Muslims except the place that is used for washing deceased
Christians. Can the deceased Muslims be washed there, if it is not possible
to wash the deceased Muslim in his house?

They replied: If there is no Muslim graveyard then if a
Muslim dies he should not be buried in the Christian graveyard, rather they
should look for a place in the desert and bury him there, and level the
ground so that it will not be dug up. If it is possible to transport him to
a land where there is a Muslim graveyard without great expense then that is
better. As for washing the deceased Muslim in the place where deceased
kaafirs are washed, there is nothing wrong with that if it is not possible
to find an alternative without incurring expense. End quote.